英语经典美文诵读100篇：044.jimmy carter’s nobel lecture (Ⅰ)

[00:05.20]044.Jimmy Carter’s Nobel Lecture (Ⅰ) [00:13.43]Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, [00:22.02]It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I accept this prize. [00:27.23]I am grateful to my wife Rosalynn, to my colleagues at the Carter Center, [00:31.66]and to many others who continue to seek an end to violence and suffering throughout the world. [00:37.89]Most Nobel laureates have carried out our work in safety, [00:41.86]but there are others who have acted with great personal courage. [00:46.93]None has provided more vivid reminders of the dangers of peacemaking than two of my friends, [00:52.90]Anwar Sadat and Yitzak Rabin, who gave their lives for the cause of peace in the Middle East. [00:59.74]Like these two heroes, my first chosen career was in the military, [01:04.54]as a submarine officer. My shipmates and I realized that we had to be ready to fight if combat was forced upon us, [01:13.51]and we were prepared to give our lives to defend our nation and its principles. [01:19.33]At the same time, we always prayed fervently that our readiness would ensure that there would be no war. [01:27.44]Later, as President and as CommanderinChief of our armed forces, [01:32.12]I was one of those who bore the sobering responsibility of maintaining global stability during the height of the Cold War, [01:40.64]as the world’s two superpowers confronted each other. [01:44.50]The world has changed greatly since I left the White House. [01:48.46]Now there is only one superpower, with unprecedented military and economic strength. [01:55.21]The coming budget for American armaments will be greater than those of the next fifteen nations combined, [02:01.91]and there are troops from the United States in many countries throughout the world. [02:07.11]But instead of entering a millennium of peace, the world is now, [02:11.35]in many ways, a more dangerous place. [02:15.18]The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect. [02:23.34]There is a plethora of civil wars, within which an overwhelming portion of the casualties are unarmed civilians [02:30.84]who have no ability to defend themselves. And recent appalling acts of terrorism have reminded us that no nations, [02:39.77]even superpowers, are invulnerable. [02:42.95]It is clear that global challenges must be met with an emphasis on peace, in harmony with others, [02:49.78]with strong alliances and international consensus. Imperfect as it may be, [02:55.62]there is no doubt that this can best be done through the United Nations. [03:01.57]We must remember that today there are at least eight nuclear powers on earth, [03:07.93]and three of them are threatening to their neighbors in areas of great international tension. [03:13.54]For powerful countries to adopt a principle of preventive war may well set an example [03:20.74]that can have catastrophic consequences. [03:25.45]If we accept the premise that the United Nations is the best avenue for the maintenance of peace, [03:33.03]then the carefully considered decisions of the United Nations Security Council must be enforced. [03:39.90]All too often, the alternative has proven to be uncontrollable violence and expanding spheres of hostility.(To be continued)

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